Amid predictions about a “youthquake” before May 21, what role did young voters play in this radical electoral shift?
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Humour is now part of the modern election campaign. Facebook and TikTok have become joke battlegrounds.
While Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National has engaged in a decade-long campaign to rehabilitate its image with youth voters, the GOP is moving in the opposite direction.
Voting rights in Canada have changed over time to become more inclusive. Challenging age discrimination in Canada’s election system could be the next step in expanding and strengthening our democracy.
Civics education is not boosting youth voting, volunteering or even scores on academic tests about government – and may be related to QAnon support.
With more votes cast before election day than on it, late strategic voting could make all the difference.
Researchers examined the voting behavior of 5,762 students at 120 colleges and universities. Two groups stood out as an untapped electoral resource – if the candidates can turn out Gen Z.
Young voters are important to the continuity of democracy because voting at a young age leads to continued voting throughout life. This year more than most, they’ll have a hard time getting started.
From 3D printing using plastic waste to growing cherry trees in the Himalayas, young people are not sitting idle while the world burns.
After recent elections, South Africa are grappling with what the reasons are for the declining trend in youth participation in the 2019 elections.
It’s clear that young voters are bringing critical issues to the fore as they did in the recent EU elections. Will they do so in Canada too?
India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls
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The world's largest democracy will see its biggest young voter turnout since gaining independence 72 years ago, with millions delivering their verdict on Narendra Modi's BJP government.
About one-third of Canadians don’t bother to vote in federal elections. Many people cite “everyday life issues,” like the time it takes to vote, as reasons why they don’t participate.
People under 18 can leave school, get a job, drive a car and pay taxes. Should they be allowed to vote too?
Theresa May’s party struggled to appeal to younger voters. But that wasn’t always the case.
The recent March for Our Lives showed just how unsatisfied American youth are with their leaders. Recent polls suggest the economic system may be the next item on their agenda.
Can internet voting bring young people to the polls? Here’s the evidence so far.
The government has ignored this group for years, now it asks why they vote for the opposition.
When children and young people have opportunities for active citizenship, they demonstrate a wide range of ways of contributing to their communities.
Yes, young voters’ choices had an impact, but not a decisive one.
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Professor of Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies, Monash University
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Lecturer in Government, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
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Deputy Director at CIRCLE, Tufts University
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Professor of Political Sociology, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
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Honorary lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Education, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Politics, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) and Senior Vice-President, Monash University
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PhD Candidate, Associate Lecturer, Lancaster University
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Research Fellow in Demography, University of Oxford
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Professor of Politics, Adelaide University